Throwing some light on rates of turn

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Hmmm.....did you also notice that in a flat out dive, it's very difficult to get over 410mph IAS, and at 420mph IAS your ailerons fall off?

According to the Spit I pilot's notes provided with the collector's edition, max safe speed in a dive is 450mph IAS.

I did some dive testing a while back to figure out my limits and my results confirm this. 400mph is sustainable, but 420 will rip my ailerons off after a couple seconds.